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Whole Cities Awards 10 Newark Fresh, Healthy Food Access Grants To Grow Community Health

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Wendy’s Franchisee Hits the Road to Raise Funds for Foster Care Adoption

Ed Anderson strapped on his helmet, jumped on his bike and pedaled right out of Newport News, VA on Wednesday. It was the start of a 4,000 mile journey that will take him from sea to shining sea all in the name of Wendy’s Founder Dave Thomas.

Points Of Light Honors Changemakers in Detroit at Annual Conference on Volunteering and Service

Points of Light awarded three inspirational changemakers from around the country with the Daily Point of Light Award at the 2016 Points of Light Conference on Volunteering and Service. Among the awards was a posthumous recognition of the late Muhammad Ali, Olympic professional boxer and world champion humanitarian, activist and philanthropist. Lonnie Ali, his wife, accepted the Daily Point of Light award in his honor.

Carnival Cruise Line Brings Its Signature Brand of Fun to the FedEx St. Jude Classic Golf Tournament

Carnival Cruise Line’s partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital® extended to the links with the line’s sponsorship of the FedEx St. Jude Classic, an annual PGA-sanctioned golf tournament held in at the TPC Southwind course in Memphis, Tenn., the hospital’s hometown.

Raising Oysters for a Healthy Harbor in Baltimore

Raising oysters in Baltimore's Inner Harbor is an exercise in optimism. Even though a recent water quality report card gave Inner Harbor a disappointing grade of “F,” the Healthy Harbor Initiative still has a goal to make the water swimmable and fishable by 2020 and growing thousands of oysters in the Inner Harbor could help.

Ideas that Matter: Empowering Today’s Dreams to be Tomorrow’s Reality

Have you heard of Sappi’s Ideas that Matter competition? More than a decade ago, Sappi established the grant program to recognize and support designers who use their skills and expertise to solve communications problems for a wide range of charitable activities. Since 1999, Sappi has funded over 500 nonprofit projects, contributing over US$12million worldwide to causes that enhance our lives and our planet.

Prudential Financial Recognized as One of the Most Community-Minded Companies in the Country by Points of Light

Prudential Financial, Inc. today announced it has been recognized as one of the most community-minded companies in the nation as a part of the Civic 50, an initiative of Points of Light that sets the standard for corporate civic engagement and creates a roadmap for companies seeking to best use their time, talent, and resources to improve the quality of life in the communities where they do business. Civic 50 winners were announced today at Points of Light’s Conference on Volunteering and Service in Detroit, Michigan, where leaders in volunteerism and civic engagement are gathering to discuss social innovation, cross-sector collaboration and citizen engagement that can drive change.

Global Health Corporate Champions: Dow, PIMCO, GHFP-II & PYXERA Global on the Power of Tri-Sector Collaboration in Global Health

Join us for a LIVE Twitter chat with Global Health Fellows Program (GHFP) II, The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), PIMCO, and PYXERA Global to talk about the Global Health Corporate Champions. These champions are professionals, sent from companies across multiple industries to work for one month at company expense, to address key public health challenges in collaboration with local non-profits and social enterprises in Accra, Ghana. Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 11AM EST

Most Civic-Minded Companies Show Community Engagement Linked To Corporate Success

America’s largest corporations are increasingly turning good intentions into sound business practices. That’s the promising bottom-line from an analysis of the 2016 Civic 50, the annual Points of Light initiative that recognizes and honors the 50 most community-minded companies in America.

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